Invitation
2014 Costello Lecture
How does fairness fare?
Speaker: Monash alumna, Ms Deborah Glass OBE
(BA 1980, LLB 1982), Victorian Ombudsman.
Introduced by: Rev. Tim Costello AO
(BJuris 1976, LLB 1978, DipEd 1979), CEO, World Vision Australia.
With jurisdiction over more than 1000
public bodies, the Victorian
Ombudsman Deborah Glass will
reflect on fairness and the role of
her office in ensuring it.
About the presenter
Ms Deborah Glass OBE was
appointed Victorian Ombudsman in
March 2014; the appointment is for
a term of 10 years.
Deborah stepped down as Deputy
Chair of the Independent Police
Complaints Commission (IPCC) of
England and Wales in March 2014.
She was also the IPCC Commissioner
for London.
Deborah practiced as a lawyer in
Melbourne before joining Citicorp
Investment Banking Switzerland in
1985. She was appointed to the
Hong Kong Securities and Futures
Commission at its inception in 1989.
Upon moving to London in 1998 she
was Chief Executive of the Investment
Management Regulatory Organisation.
She was then appointed to the UK
Police Complaints Authority, and in
2004, became a Commissioner of the
newly constituted IPCC. She was
appointed Deputy Chair in 2008.
In 2012 Deborah was awarded an
OBE for services to the IPCC.
DateTuesday 21 October, 2014
Time6 – 7.15 pm
(followed by refreshments)
VenueMonash University
Law Chambers
555 Lonsdale St
Melbourne
CostFree
RSVPWednesday 15 October, 2014
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The role of an Ombudsman is to
redress the imbalance of power
between individual and state –
a fundamentally unfair relationship.